Would you like more time on your hands and to feel more in control of things in your life? Well if so, you might want to start with prioritising your life! This means listing from top to bottom what and who are the most important things in your life. You might also want to put next to each of them why? It’s interesting to list this and then see where you’ve actually been putting it on the priority list in reality!

Most people will put their spouse/partner, family, health and then work comes somewhat later as most important at the end of the day. But then in reality the most time and focused time is usually spent at work especially if you’re a senior executive, director of a company or CEO and who hasn’t left off your health and fitness, friends even quality time with your partner at home for work, sometimes months on end at a time. I’m the first to agree work is very important but is it more important that you sacrifice your loved ones and health for it?

So when you set your priorities you need to mean it and sometimes work does need to come first to provide for the family and then in that case start prioritizing your work so it fits more efficiently and effectively into the working day. I bet you could cross off a few things you do at work that don’t provide much value at all.

The best thing about making your priorities clear is when you come to a point where you need to make a decision. You can ensure you have a balanced life style and still keep some spontaneity in your life but remember to refer directly to your priority list as it can help keep you committed to what you’ve already decided what is most important in your life.

Don’t forget, looking after yourself and all your essential needs should be a priority for if you’re not doing this well and therefore not in control of your life then you won’t be able to look after others to your potential!

How to Prioritise Your Life?

• Make sure all of your needs are met (each day/week; if that’s reading the paper, meditating, your exercise session, spending quality time with your partner, kids or best friend).
• Ensure you know and commit to your priorities
• Refer to your priorities when making decisions and ensure the decision is in line with your priorities and taking you closer to your goals in life.
• Discard doing things that don’t rate on your priority list of importance and watch your time be freed in which you then have more time to focus on your priorities!

For more information
Contact : Jacqueline Pigdon
Tel No : +61 (0) 404 362 379
Email : jacqueline@jinalife.com

Do you start things with the best intentions and full of motivation to achieve your goal be in your personal life or at work but then find you lack the motivation you need to keep going and finish what you set out to do – or even start?

Or you try again and ‘this time’ you will do it? Reading or listening to motivational CD’s and books, scheduling that time into your diary and/or having your own Life Coach is a great way to stay motivated but how can you stay motivated all the time?

Here are the 3 key factors a person needs to stay motivated:

1. Monitor your progress –

Before you start any new goal write down exactly where you are now. If it’s exercise, note the frequency, duration, endurance, strength, your weight, size etc. Relationship, how you’re communicating, time spent together, fights etc. Business, you have no business yet just the idea and get up and go to start one. As you go along keep note of your achievements.

2. Celebrate your success –

Too often people are too hard on themselves, they think because they haven’t reached their goal yet or are perfect they can only see how they’ve failed or how far they still have to go. If you are feeling this way check out how far you’ve actually already come from where you were in the beginning! Then treat yourself when you’ve achieved mini milestones with something you like doing such as having a massage, seeing a movie, special dinner or simply a day off!

3. Remind yourself WHY you’re doing it -

This I think is the absolute biggest motivator! What is the purpose of you achieving this goal and what will it mean to you / those around you once you have achieved it? Ask yourself what will it mean if I DON’T achieve this goal?

When you stop and ask yourself these questions and remind yourself just what it means to you – you should have all the motivation you need. Things that can inhibit motivation can be; not believing in yourself, lots of excuses or just laziness.

Ensure you have first set realistic and achievable goals and then never forget that believing in yourself is one of the most important factors of success.

If you’re using excuses as why you can’t or don’t want to achieve your goal anymore take a good hard look at what those excuses are and ask yourself are they really relevant or am I just justifying?
If you’re being lazy – get up and JUST DO IT!

You’ll be much happier after you have done it than if you carry around I should have done it.. or your unfulfilled goals.   -The JinaLife Executive Coaching Staff

For more information
Contact : Jacqueline Pigdon
Tel No   : +61 (0) 404 362 379
Email    : jacqueline@jinalife.com

One of the biggest problems with being so successful in your career often means a lot of time, focus and dedication and long working hours sometimes for years is what you’ve done to actually get you where you are today.

With so much of your focus on work it can then lead to neglecting other areas of your life particularly your relationship and family, other life interests and hobbies, and your health and fitness.

Other impacts is that you’ve got yourself into a situation where you can’t say no to a boss or client, even to yourself and you sacrifice your loved ones needs and wants. You will go home late or miss your son’s school event or just everyday things like taking them to school sometimes or picking them up for the sake of not saying no or taking time out of your big important executive job.

So the impacts can be that executives find themselves over weight or have on/off intense exercise regimes, they can’t get up easily in the mornings, they don’t really talk to their partners about anything except routine living, what they are doing on the weekend and the kids if they have them.

Often we find that many executives we work with will then try and make up for this by spoiling their loved ones through gifts and fancy holidays to cover up for what is really missing instead of spending quality time together and giving their partners and families what they really want which is generally just ‘them’.

Try to give your family some more of YOU this month. -The JinaLife Executive Coaching Staff.

For more information
Contact : Jacqueline Pigdon
Tel No   : +61 (0) 404 362 379
Email    : jacqueline@jinalife.com